Did you know that...

Did you that a Cruise ship,  by emptying the pools at passengers deck, will considerably increase its stability.

Did you know that if a ship sails on shallow water, its immersion increases depending on its speed. This effect is called ‘Squat effect’.

Did you know that a lifeboat is purpose-built to take up to 150 passengers in case of an emergency.

Did you know that  some upper decks of cruise ships are made of aluminium in order to increase ship stability.

Did you know that  the stream tide in Alaska may reach a top of 15 knots.

Did you know that a ship, with same tonnage of Crown Princess, daily produces about 2000 tons of drinking water with a medium consumption of 1000 tons per day.

Did you know that a cruise ship, with same tonnage of Crown Princess, when at maximum speed consumes about 200 tons of fuel per day.

Did you know that a cruise ship like Grand Class may have a capacity of 3500 tons of fuel.

Did you know that a gas turbine of 25 megawatt power may consume about 6 tons of diesel oil per hour.

Did you know that a cruise ship of about 100.000 tons of  gross tonnage may have about 1000 cabins with private balcony.

Did you know that a cruise ship of about 100.000 tons of gross tonnage may host about 3000 passengers and 1200 crew members.

Did you know that between Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Ocean there is a height difference of about 27 metres.

Did you know that ships that sails through the canal cannot exceed 292.68 metres of length and 32.31 metres of breadth.

Did you know that in the Atlantic Ocean there is a point where the water temperature reaches 467 degrees of temperature: the most hot water ever found on Earth.

Did you know that Mariana Trench is the ocean trench known as the deepest in the world.

It is located at the bottom of the ocean in the north-west area of Pacific Ocean. The deepest point exceeds the height of the Everest mount of  2.061 metres, and it is situated at 10.902 metres under the sea level.

Did you know that the sea has an extension of about 362.033.000 square kilometres and its average dept is of about 3.729 metres.